Port Melbourne, William Heinemann/Reed first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Film sprinkled its magic over Australia and throughout the world more than a century ago. This book is a wide-screen look at those lively beginnings, the tides of technology, the fall and rise and fascination with film. Ten varied writers, among them lectures, film-makers and critics, have each supplied a chapter in this dream-making history. 305 x 220mm., pp. xi, 220, b/w & col. plates, notes, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j., no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0855616105 Date: 1995. Port Melbourne, William Heinemann/Reed ISBN 0855616105 9780855616106 [AU]